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FDR: I haven't the faintest idea as to whether a ship would go through the Canal in order to discharge at Port Said.

On the recordApril 10, 1941
I haven't the faintest idea as to whether a ship would go through the Canal in order to discharge at Port Said.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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